Do you believe what you read in the paper? How about what you see on TV news? If you are a GOP partisan, the answer is probably not.

The Pew Research Center says, for the second time in a decade, “the believability ratings for major news organizations have suffered broad-based declines.” A survey found the falloff in credibility extended to national newspapers (the New York Times and USA Today), three cable news outlets (Fox, CNN, MSNBC), as well as the broadcast TV networks and NPR. Local newspapers and TV stations fared somewhat better.

According to the study, “since 2002, every news outlet’s believability rating has suffered a double-digit drop, except for local daily newspapers and local TV news.”

The Pew folks note the partisan differences in responses to their survey, apparent for years, are growing larger. Republicans’ views of the credibility of the media have continued to erode. By contrast, the study says, Democrats generally rate the believability of news organizations positively.

KUSA-Channel 9 revamped its newsroom and website organization today. First order of business: the TV news, the online sites, the Gannett newspapers, USA Today, 23 TV stations, all will henceforth be known as Information Centers.

KUSA News Director Patti Dennis wrote in a memo to staff: “I believe KUSA sets the curve for the entire Gannett Company on fast, accurate, thorough distribution of news and information on the many platforms of the 9news Network.”

Part of the upheaval has required all newsroom employees to “begin to write, shoot, stream, etc. to make sure we are moving news and information as fast and as accurately as possible,” Dennis wrote. Asking old-school talent to hoist a camera, or making wizened camera operators upload digital video isn’t easy. But it’s the new age.

More to come.

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Joanne Ostrow has been watching TV since before "reality" required quotation marks. "Hill Street Blues" was life-changing. If Dickens, Twain or Agatha Christie were alive today, they'd be writing for television. And proud of it.